50 Cent is Sued For Sampling a Song Without Permission

50 Cent is finding himself facing a law suit and it's allegedly over stealing a song sample. Robert Poindexter, a producer who has worked on a number of tracks for the 1970's vocal R&B group The Persuaders, is accusing 50 of sampling one of the groups songs without permission.

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50 is accused of using the groups track "Love Gonna Pack Up and Walk Out" in his 2009 song "Redrum."

TMZ.com reports:

Poindexter says in the suit, "Fifty Cents [sic] has not denied the infringement, but appears to be basing his defense solely on a frivolous and immaterial claim that the illegal version is not being commercially exploited, but is given away for free."

Poindexter is suing for unspecified statutory damages and an additional $600,000 in punitive damages, plus interest.